“The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.”
Eleanor Roosevelt · This Is My Story, 1937
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It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
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Belief alone gets you nowhere, and she knew it. I think this one still stings because most of us stop at the first two sentences.
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